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Archives: Donald Trump
How Trump’s pardon of Arpaio changed America
By Ebony Slaughter-Johnson | (Otherwords.org) | - - The president called a man who freely violated people's constitutional rights a "patriot." What does that make his victims? During a speech to a…
Heavy Smoke from SF Russian Consulate Chimney as Moscow Fears Search by US
By Mike Eckel | ( RFE/RL ) | - - WASHINGTON -- Russia's Foreign Ministry said that U.S. law enforcement officials intend to search its San Francisco consulate and some diplomatic residences,…
The Racism Heard Round the World: Even Fascists Denounce Nazis more than Trump
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus) | - - When the neo-fascist National Front is more willing to condemn neo-Nazis than Trump, we have a problem. On race relations,…
Where Do “Alt-Right” Groups Get Their Money?
AJ+ | (Video News Report) | - - "As white nationalists protest across the country, we wanted to know who's financially funding their hate. And there's more money in it than you…
Afghanistan: Pentagon Admits it Low-Balled Public on Troop Levels
TeleSur | - - The news comes prior to a boost in U.S. forces as part of Trump's “new approach” to quelling the Afghan insurgency. In a rare step toward transparency, the…
Trump’s offer to Harvey Victims (Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol's World) | - - Via Jamiol's World
Are Houstonians 1st Wave of New Climate Change Refugees?
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - As parts of eastern Texas go underwater, the scenes of people fleeing for their lives are gut-wrenching. One picture of nursing home residents…
20,000 Civilians Trapped in besieged ISIL capital: “The Worst Place on Earth”
By Roshni Majumdar | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 2017 (IPS) - The battle to reclaim Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State of Iraq…
US Prepares for More Airstrikes in Afghanistan
TeleSur | - - The number of U.S. airstrikes in Afghanistan has already dramatically spiked since Trump took office in January. Fighter pilots at the largest U.S. military base in Afghanistan are…
Remember GOP in Texas opposing Aid for NY after Sandy? Now they want Aid
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - Ted Cruz, who voted against a relief package for states impacted by Hurricane Sandy, urged President Trump on Friday to quickly…
White Supremacists Joked About Using Cars to Run Over Opponents Before Charlottesville
By George Joseph | ProPublica | - - Nearly a month before a car driven by an alleged neo-Nazi plowed into counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, white supremacists planning the…
Was Hate’s Reach into US Public Extended by Internet?
James E. Hawdon | (The Conversation) | - - Extremism has always been with us, but the internet has allowed ideas that advocate hate and violence to reach more and more people.…
Trump’s Organized Chaos: Channeling the Dictators – And Their Lieutenants
By Shalom Goldman | (Informed Comment) | - - When Donald Trump was vying for the Republic nomination, and even more so after he won the nomination and was running for office,…
Trump Exploits Harvey Victims in Stealth Pardon of Arpaio
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Eminent climate scientist Michael Mann of Penn State noticed not one but two horrible things about Friday evening. You never want to see…
It’s Time to Take the Nazi-Trump Comparisons Seriously
By Adil E. Shamoo and Bonnie Bricker | ( Foreign Policy in Focus ) | - - The slide towards bleak historical periods can be difficult to recognize in the moment. But…
Afghanistan is now officially James Mattis’ war
By Simon Reich | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump’s speech on his administration’s strategy in Afghanistan – in which he announced the introduction of an unspecified number of new combat…
Germany’s Merkel: A Selfish & Isolationist America isn’t “Great Again”
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - In an interview with Handelsblatt , German Chancellor Angela Merkel took on Donald Trump's philosophy directly. She said that Trump's isolationism cannot make…
Will Trump’s Arpaio Pardon encourage more civil rights violations?
Steven Mulroy | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump may pardon Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff who illegally used racial profiling to enforce immigration laws. It’s true, Trump has…